Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1858 – No. 3

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✨ Partnership Formation Notice



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CERTIFICATE of the formation of a Partnership or Company for the promotion of Steam Navigation, in the Province of Wellington, under the Mixed Partnerships Act, Province of Wellington.

First.—The style of the Partnership under which the Firm is to be conducted is William Hickson, William Barnard Rhodes, George Hunter, William Bowler, William Waring Taylor, and Others, Wellington Steam Navigation Company.

Second.—The general nature of the business to be transacted by the partnership is the purchase of the steam vessel Hmga Wooga, and the conveyance of Passengers and Goods in Steam Vessels between such places as the Partnership or Company may, from time to time determine, within the Colony of New Zealand; and the doing all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects.

Third.—That the principal place at which the business of the said Partnership or Company is to be transacted is Wellington aforesaid.

Fourth.—That the said Partnership is to commence on the Twenty-sixth day of June One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and is to terminate on the Twenty-sixth day of June One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, unless sooner determined by the said Partnership or Company obtaining an Act of Incorporation.

Fifth.—That the nominal capital of the said Partnership is Five thousand pounds, divided into Five hundred shares of Ten pounds each.

Sixth.—We the several persons whose names and addresses are subscribed hereto, have agreed to enter into partnership under the Mixed Partnerships Act, for the Province of Wellington, for the purpose of promoting Steam Navigation in the Province of Wellington. And we respectively agree to take the number of Shares in the Capital of the Partnership, and to contribute the amount, and to be bound as Special or General Partners, as set opposite our respective names and with the word “paid” where the shares have been paid.

NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF SUBSCRIBERS.

Names and Addresses of Subscribers General or Special Partner Number of Shares taken by each Subscriber Amount contributed Justice of the Peace before whom acknowledged
W. Hickson
Augusta street, Wellington, merchant		 General Sixty-nine 690 0 0 W. B. Rhodes, J. P.
W. B. Rhodes
Manners street, Wellington, merchant		 General Ten 100 0 0 W. Hickson, J. P.
George Hunter
Dixon street, Wellington, merchant		 General Ten 100 0 0 W. Hickson, J. P.
Wm. Bowler
Hawkesstone street, Wellington, merchant		 General Ten 100 0 0 W. Hickson, J. P.
W. Waring Taylor
Herbert street, Wellington, merchant		 General Ten 100 0 0 W. Hickson, J. P.
William Lyon
Boulcott street, Wellington, merchant		 General Ten 100 0 0 W. Hickson, J. P.
N. Levin
Tinakori Road, Wellington, merchant		 General Ten 100 0 0 W. Hickson, J. P.
J. M. Stuart, for Stuart, Kinross & Co.
Custom House street, Wellington, merchants		 General Ten 100 0 0 W. Hickson, J. P.
W. M. Bannatyne
Hawkesstone street, Wellington, merchant		 General Ten 100 0 0 W. Hickson, J. P.
Charles Clifford
Hobson street, Wellington, stock-farmer		 General Ten 100 0 0 W. Hickson, J. P.
John Plimmer
Lambton-quay, Wellington, wharfinger		 General Ten 100 0 0 W. Hickson, J. P.
George Moore
Lambton-quay, Wellington, merchant		 General Five 50 0 0 Charles Clifford, J. P.
C. R. Carter
Builder, Wellington, Wellington-terrace		 General Five 50 0 0 Charles Clifford, J. P.
George Hart
Hutt Road, Gentleman		 Special One 10 0 0 W. Hickson, J. P.
Alexander Grey
Dixon street, Wellington, warehouseman		 Special Two 20 0 0 W. Hickson, J. P.


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🏭 Certificate of Formation of Wellington Steam Navigation Company

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Partnership, Steam Navigation, Wellington, Mixed Partnerships Act, Shares
15 names identified
  • William Hickson, General Partner, 69 shares
  • William Barnard Rhodes, General Partner, 10 shares
  • George Hunter, General Partner, 10 shares
  • William Bowler, General Partner, 10 shares
  • W. Waring Taylor, General Partner, 10 shares
  • William Lyon, General Partner, 10 shares
  • N. Levin, General Partner, 10 shares
  • J. M. Stuart, General Partner for Stuart, Kinross & Co., 10 shares
  • W. M. Bannatyne, General Partner, 10 shares
  • Charles Clifford, General Partner, 10 shares
  • John Plimmer, General Partner, 10 shares
  • George Moore, General Partner, 5 shares
  • C. R. Carter, General Partner, 5 shares
  • George Hart (Gentleman), Special Partner, 1 share
  • Alexander Grey, Special Partner, 2 shares